German II

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

To reach upper basic level in the four skills: listening and reading comprehension and written and oral expression (both individual and interactive).

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the content of fairly complex recent authentic texts (on concrete or abstract subjects) chosen from a wide range of current events (politics, economics, sport, science, culture or literature);
• Decipher the lexical, grammatical, phraseological, stylistic and pragmatic information relating to these texts;
• Answer comprehension questions on these texts;
• Rework the information contained in the texts (summaries, reports etc.);
• Produce short written documents which are clear and structured, with particular emphasis on the style, the code and the content;
• Understand and take part in an impromptu conversation (e.g. with a native speaker) on either an everyday subject or something which is talked about in the media;
• Become involved in a discussion on a topic they are familiar with : understand the arguments used;
• Follow factual information presented, for example, on the radio or television and give an account of the broad lines.